Maxine Kumin

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer, Poet

Warner, NH
New Hampshire US

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
The Roots of Things (Northwestern University Press, 2010)
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Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, 2000)
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Inside the Halo and Beyond: Anatomy of a Recovery (W. W. Norton & Company, 1999)
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Women, Animals and Vegetables (W. W. Norton & Company, 1994)
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In Deep: Country Essays (Viking, 1987)
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To Make a Prairie: Essays on Poets, Poetry and Country Living (University of Michigan Press, 1980)

Fiction

Books:
Quit Monks or Die (Story Line Press, 1999)
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Why Can't We Live Together Like Civilized Human Beings? (Viking, 1982)
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The Designated Heir (Viking, 1974)
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The Abduction (Harper & Row, 1971)
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The Passions of Uxport (Harper & Row, 1968)
,
Through Dooms of Love (Harper & Row, 1965)

Poetry

Books:
Where I Live: New & Selected Poems 1990 - 2010 (W. W. Norton & Company, 2010)
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Still to Mow (W. W. Norton & Company, 2007)
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Jack and other new poems (W. W. Norton & Company, 2005)
,
Bringing Together: Uncollected Early Poems 1958 - 1988 (W. W. Norton & Company, 2003)
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The Long Marriage (W. W. Norton & Company, 2001)
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Selected Poems: 1960 - 1990 (W. W. Norton & Company, 1997)
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Connecting the Dots (W. W. Norton & Company, 1996)
,
Looking for Luck (W. W. Norton & Company, 1992)
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Nurture (Viking/Penguin, 1989)
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The Long Approach (Viking/Penguin, 1985)
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Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief: New and Selected Poems (Viking/Penguin, 1982)
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The Retrieval System (Viking/Penguin, 1978)
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House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate (Viking/Penguin, 1975)
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Up Country (Harper & Row, 1972)
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The Nightmare Factory (Harper & Row, 1970)
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The Privilege (Harper & Row, 1965)
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Halfway (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961)

More Information

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
White, Jewish
Born in: 
Philadelphia
Raised in: 
Germantown, PA
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Last update: Dec 31, 2013